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To prepare for college and life, Bronx Lab School students engage in meaningful and contextual academic work, participate in a nurturing community, explore their passions, and learn to value effort as a means to success.

I hope you are well! As always, please reach out to us with anything you may need. Our staff is a wealth of information and resources and we’ve been working hard to connect families to the supports they need during this time, whether academic, social-emotional, legal, tech, or food related. We are here for your students and for you!

I want to share with you some important events and dates for the remainder of the school year.

Parent Teacher Conferences — next week!

Grades 9-11: During May 18-22, teachers will be holding conferences with families of students who are currently not earning credit in one or more of their classes and students who have been largely disengaged during remote learning. If this applies to your child, teachers will reach out to schedule 1:1 phone or video conferences with you.

Grade 12: During May 18-29, Senior advisors will connect with advisees’ families to discuss your child’s academic standing as well as share end of the year info and answer any questions you may have.

For all conferences, students are welcome and encouraged to participate!

Student attendance:

We will take student attendance every school day from now through June 26. Students should continue to respond to daily attendance check-in prompts to be marked “present.”

Class & PBAT presentation schedule:

Week of May 18 is a “catch up” week for students. They have this time to get caught up on or revise projects they are behind on. Teachers will continue to be available all week to support students in this.

Students will continue to work on Gateways and PBATs for the remainder of this semester. Monday, June 16 is the last day teachers will hold virtual classes, but students who need extra time to complete projects will have until Friday, June 19.

For 11th and 12th grade, PBAT panel days will be June 2 and June 17-25. We will not hold 9th and 10th grade Roundtables this spring.

All teachers will maintain 1 hour of Office Hours on all school-wide PBAT days in order for students to check in and work with teachers if needed

Our virtual graduation is tentatively scheduled for Friday, June 26 at 2pm.

If you have any questions, please contact us. You can reach our Parent Coordinator at kermis.polanco@bronxlabschool.org if you’re not sure who the best person to reach out to is, and he will direct you.

Tuesday, the NYC DOE released an updated grading policy for Remote Learning this spring. The thing I want to make sure our students and families know is that it's incredibly important that students continue working on and submitting their classwork through the end of the school year. We absolutely want all students to earn credit in June. In order to be on track to graduate on time, students must earn credit in all their courses. Earning "course in progress" in any course can put students at risk for not graduating on time.

Teachers are available every day to help support students in learning and completing work. Students can contact teachers through email, Google Classroom, virtual Office Hours, and virtual class sessions. If you want to know how a student is doing in their classes currently, please contact the teacher, advisor, or guidance counselor. We can walk you through exactly where the student is now and what they need to do next. We are here to make sure that every student can finish the school year strong!

The DOE grading policy letter can be found at this site. Please contact us with any questions you have.

Dear Bronx Lab Students and Families,First, let me say that we miss seeing you in person immensely. I’ve heard countless BLS staff say how much we miss student energy, curiosity, humor and spirit, and how we miss meeting with parents and families face to face. I hope you are all well.

As we head into Week 3 of Distance Learning, I’d like to share a few things with you.

1) A big congratulations to all students who have been logging on to Google Classroom, checking in with teachers, and submitting work. No one knew the school year would go this way, but Bronx Lab students have risen to the challenge and we are PROUD OF YOU! Families, thank you for all your support in this.

2) When will we come back to school??? I have no secret info on this from the DOE, the Mayor, or the Governor. Based on the projected spread of the virus, I believe that we will be out most or all of this school year. I have asked teachers to plan as if we are finishing the school year virtually, and I ask that you all do the same. As we learn more, I will be sure to update you with plans of what to expect.

3) The Governor, Mayor, and Chancellor have decided that school will not stop for Spring Break. Mostly, this is to keep everyone safe through continued social distancing. However, we do recognize that switching to online school has been very stressful for everyone involved, so we’re mixing it up a bit for the days that would have been spring break. April 9-17 at Bronx Lab:

No new work will be assigned; students should use the week to catch up on work

Teachers will post simple check-in assignments for student attendance during the week of April 13-17, but not on April 9-10

All Advisory & Office Hours will continue — your teachers are available for support and feedback!

Office of Student Supports team is available for supports and resources

Enrichment: Every grade team will provide 2 enrichment activities during April 13-17 — teachers have some great things planned!

4) We are available for whatever you may need. Please continue to reach out to your teachers, advisors, and guidance counselors for anything and everything. Updates are going straight to students through their Advisory Class of 20XX Google Classroom page. We also continue to add and update resources on the Bronx Lab website.

Please be safe and take care of yourselves. Looking forward to the day we can all hug each other hello again!

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Bronx Lab School has transitioned to remote learning. We will continue to serve our students and families remotely for the duration of the COVID-19 crisis.

For our students and their families, please visit our Online Learning page for news, materials, and resources related to out of classroom instruction. We will continue to add news and resources here, so check back in regularly.

Grab n Go meals are available from any public school from 7:30am - 1:30pm. Beginning on March 23rd, meals will be available at designated schools. Go to this site and fill in your home address and to find out what location(s) are nearest to you.

For all students who have questions, please contact your advisor. Any other questions can be directed to our Parent Coordinator Kermis at kermis.polanco@bronxlabschool.org.